ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS have been in use since the early 1960s, but in the last few years, faster microprocessors and lower cost computer memory have dramatically increased the benefits that come ...

Water distribution systems optimisation encompasses a broad spectrum of computational and engineering strategies aimed at enhancing the reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of water networks.

Fanuc Factory Automation America (Fanuc FA America) and Jerry Scherer, Engineer with Fanuc FA America, have recently been awarded a patent (US 8,135,491 B2) for the development of their CNC Adaptive ...

Innovations in embedded computing, sensors and batteries enabled the introduction of robotic prostheses designed to help restore locomotion to individuals with disabilities. Such prostheses are moved ...

What Is Adaptive Cruise Control? Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is a system designed to help vehicles maintain a safe following distance and stay within the speed limit. This system adjusts a car's ...

A DC-DC Converter with fixed compensation parameters cannot perform well if load dynamics vary widely. A better approach is adaptive control, which can handle a broad range of parameter variations ...

An autonomous drone carrying water to help extinguish a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada might encounter swirling Santa Ana winds that threaten to push it off course. Rapidly adapting to these unknown ...

Today's coolest luxury car technologies often become features on mainstream cars tomorrow. Take cruise control as an example; today, nearly every new car has it except for specialized performance ...

It’s not a stretch to call cruise control one of the earliest driving aids. It wasn’t always electronic, and it certainly didn’t make your grandfather’s 1982 Cadillac Seville autonomous, but it was a ...